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Prolific Singaporean filmmaker Kelvin Tong’s latest feature “A Year Of No Significance,” which has its world premiere at the 34th Singapore International Film Festival (Sgiff), mourns the loss of a generation.
Set in Singapore in 1979, the film chronicles the gradual disintegration of a middle-aged architect as changes rock the 45th year of his life. Sidelined in the office because of his inability to speak English, Lim Cheng Soon is cut further adrift when his wife inexplicably leaves him. His elderly father moves in, forcing him to confront the fact that the former has always preferred his younger brother. Robbed of his identities as architect, husband and son, Cheng Soon struggles in the dusk of his life.
The cast includes Peter Yu, Tan Tiow Im, Mandy Chen and Naomi Yeo. Tong made his feature debut with “Eating Air” and has made several features since, including “Love Story” (2006), which won best director at the 19th Sgiff.
Set in Singapore in 1979, the film chronicles the gradual disintegration of a middle-aged architect as changes rock the 45th year of his life. Sidelined in the office because of his inability to speak English, Lim Cheng Soon is cut further adrift when his wife inexplicably leaves him. His elderly father moves in, forcing him to confront the fact that the former has always preferred his younger brother. Robbed of his identities as architect, husband and son, Cheng Soon struggles in the dusk of his life.
The cast includes Peter Yu, Tan Tiow Im, Mandy Chen and Naomi Yeo. Tong made his feature debut with “Eating Air” and has made several features since, including “Love Story” (2006), which won best director at the 19th Sgiff.
- 12/2/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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Elizabeth Rice (Mad Men) and Matthew Settle (Band Of Brothers) will star in Singaporean director Kelvin Tong’s English-language horror film The Faith Of Anna Waters.
The film is produced by Peter Poon, Leon Tong and Kat Goh under the Boku Films banner. Andre Morgan is executive producing through Ruddy Morgan Organization, along with Hong Kong-based Sun Entertainment Culture’s Alvin Chau and Alex Dong. Singapore’s Media Development Authority is supporting the film.
Scheduled to start shooting in early September, the film follows a female crime reporter who travels from Chicago to Asia to investigate the apparent suicide of her sister. At her sister’s house she encounters a string of other bizarre suicides involving emails, internet videos and allusions to the Tower of Babel.
The cast also includes Singapore’s Adrian Pang and Jaymee Ong, as well as Australian actors Colin Borgonon and Adina Herz. Crew includes Australian DoP Wade Muller, production designer...
The film is produced by Peter Poon, Leon Tong and Kat Goh under the Boku Films banner. Andre Morgan is executive producing through Ruddy Morgan Organization, along with Hong Kong-based Sun Entertainment Culture’s Alvin Chau and Alex Dong. Singapore’s Media Development Authority is supporting the film.
Scheduled to start shooting in early September, the film follows a female crime reporter who travels from Chicago to Asia to investigate the apparent suicide of her sister. At her sister’s house she encounters a string of other bizarre suicides involving emails, internet videos and allusions to the Tower of Babel.
The cast also includes Singapore’s Adrian Pang and Jaymee Ong, as well as Australian actors Colin Borgonon and Adina Herz. Crew includes Australian DoP Wade Muller, production designer...
- 9/3/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Remember a week or so ago when we got the first word on Email, starring Nikki Reed of Twilight fame? Well, with the filmmakers heading to Berlin for the European Film Market, it's gotten some brand new artwork. Check it out, and expect more on this one soon.
Writer/director Kelvin Tong’s (Rule #1) Email is being produced by Spj Enterprises, zgreen entertainment, and Boku Films. Peter Poon and Zachary Green are producing along with Leon Tong and Kat Goh in Singapore.
Jason Shuman, who produced such horror hits as The Messengers and Darkness Falls, will be executive producing with Lauren Selig. Principal photography is set to begin May 2014 in Singapore. So far Reed is the only confirmed star.
Synopsis:
In this suspenseful mystery in the vein of The Ring and The Grudge, young journalist Thea Hartley travels to Singapore to uncover the truth after her sister dies under mysterious circumstances.
Writer/director Kelvin Tong’s (Rule #1) Email is being produced by Spj Enterprises, zgreen entertainment, and Boku Films. Peter Poon and Zachary Green are producing along with Leon Tong and Kat Goh in Singapore.
Jason Shuman, who produced such horror hits as The Messengers and Darkness Falls, will be executive producing with Lauren Selig. Principal photography is set to begin May 2014 in Singapore. So far Reed is the only confirmed star.
Synopsis:
In this suspenseful mystery in the vein of The Ring and The Grudge, young journalist Thea Hartley travels to Singapore to uncover the truth after her sister dies under mysterious circumstances.
- 2/8/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
The Twilight Saga may have been a shamefully terrible chapter in teen-targeted cinema, but the series did act as a launch-pad for multiple actors and actresses, most notably Ashley Greene and Nikki Reed. Greene has demonstrated considerable acting talent in projects like Cbgb and ABC’s short-lived Pan Am, while Reed was one of the best parts of recent action fare like Catch .44 and Empire State. Greene already made her bid to become a Hollywood scream queen with 2012 flop The Apparition, and now, it’s Reed’s chance. The actress has just signed on to topline a Singapore-set horror film called Email, which will start shooting on location in Singapore this May.
Singaporean director Kelvin Tong will helm the flick for Spj Enterprises, a production company also based out of Singapore. Tong previously directed The Maid, which was widely considered to be one of the country’s first horror...
Singaporean director Kelvin Tong will helm the flick for Spj Enterprises, a production company also based out of Singapore. Tong previously directed The Maid, which was widely considered to be one of the country’s first horror...
- 1/31/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
While I'm still trying to figure out just why I'm getting e-mails from No Sender dated 12/31/69 every day, there are others who are going through a great deal more than I am when it comes to EMail. Take Twilight's Nikki Reed for instance...
Reed (pictured) will star in director Kelvin Tong’s (Rule #1) suspenseful new horror film, Email, which is being produced by Spj Enterprises, zgreen entertainment, and Boku Films. Peter Poon and Zachary Green are producing along with Leon Tong and Kat Goh in Singapore.
Jason Shuman, who produced such horror hits as The Messengers and Darkness Falls, will be executive producing with Lauren Selig. Principal photography is set to begin May 2014 in Singapore, and Highland Film Group (Hfg) will handle worldwide sales and introduce the title to buyers at Efm in Berlin.
Synopsis:
In the vein of The Ring and The Grudge, young journalist Thea Hartley travels to...
Reed (pictured) will star in director Kelvin Tong’s (Rule #1) suspenseful new horror film, Email, which is being produced by Spj Enterprises, zgreen entertainment, and Boku Films. Peter Poon and Zachary Green are producing along with Leon Tong and Kat Goh in Singapore.
Jason Shuman, who produced such horror hits as The Messengers and Darkness Falls, will be executive producing with Lauren Selig. Principal photography is set to begin May 2014 in Singapore, and Highland Film Group (Hfg) will handle worldwide sales and introduce the title to buyers at Efm in Berlin.
Synopsis:
In the vein of The Ring and The Grudge, young journalist Thea Hartley travels to...
- 1/30/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The actress will star in Spj Enterprises, zgreen entertainment and Boku Films’ horror thriller. Highland Film Group handles world sales at the Efm.
Kelvin Tong will direct Email and Peter Poon and Zachary Green are producing along with Leon Tong and Kat Goh in Singapore. Jason Shuman serves as executive producer with Lauren Selig.
Principal photography is set to begin May in Singapore on the story centres of a journalist who travels to Singapore to investigate her sister’s death and discovers a cursed email.
Highland’s Berlin sales slate includes The Wright Girls and Sanctuary, both from Atlas Independent.
Kelvin Tong will direct Email and Peter Poon and Zachary Green are producing along with Leon Tong and Kat Goh in Singapore. Jason Shuman serves as executive producer with Lauren Selig.
Principal photography is set to begin May in Singapore on the story centres of a journalist who travels to Singapore to investigate her sister’s death and discovers a cursed email.
Highland’s Berlin sales slate includes The Wright Girls and Sanctuary, both from Atlas Independent.
- 1/30/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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Twilight's Nikki Reed will star in Kelvin Tong’s horror film Email for Singaporean producer Peter Poon's Spj Enterprises. Spj is teaming with Zgreen Entertainment and Boku Films on the project, which Highland Film Group will launch at Berlin's upcoming European Film Market. Poon will produce alongside Zachary Green, Leon Tong and Kat Goh. Photos: 35 of 2014's Most Anticipated Movies: 'X-Men: Days of Future Past,' 'Mockingjay,' 'Spider-Man 2' Tong is set to start shooting in May in Singapore. In the vein of The Ring and The Grudge, Email stars Reed as a young journalist who travels
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- 1/30/2014
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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